Critical Thinking on Cults & AntiCults
The Anti-Scientology ideology opposes the ideology specific to Scientology with the same underlying anticult movement ideology opposing all other minority religions.
…”those who speculated that Rathbun had secretly settled will be feeling justifiably smug today”. – Tony Ortega Underground Bunker posters “8675309” and “Peacemaker” asked some important questions in the Underground Bunker a couple of days ago which I believe shed some well-deserved skepticism on Ortega’s smugness campaign against Mark and Monique Rathbun since April of … Read more
There is no substitute for being willing to see things from someone else’s perspective when you are in a disagreement or dispute with them.
A conspiracy theory is a kind of escape hatch any believer can retreat to whenever his belief system is challenged. They are a kind of catch-all defense. And the best part of a conspiracy theory is that the lack of evidence to support it PROVES it’s true! For instance: “NASA faked the moon landing.” This … Read more
Geir Isene, Ex-Scientologist extraordinaire, talks to Aaron Smith Levin about his journey through Scientology and Ex-Scientology, and out the other side.
Tony Ortega’s Atheist Hate Flag isn’t the only way to see yourself as an Ex-Scientologist. The way he sees you is false and damaging to Ex.
Alanzosblog is currently accepting nominations for the Tom Cruise Award for the most fervent & fanatical Anti-Scientologist! Qualified Anti-Scientologists must be fiercely committed, intensely militant & thoroughly tribal. They must be uncorrupted by critical self-reflection & self-examination. They must be driven, their nostrils flaring. Some examples of the initial nominees include: John McGhee – … Read more
The WAN “Wall Of Fire” copyright 2018 Here’s the last few frames. It’s in French, which is a little rusty for me these days. Can anyone translate it? Something about John Sweeney….. Would love to get the lyrics to this song, too.
Karen de la Carrier, the former “Queen of Scientology”, tries to suppress criticism of Tony Ortega by deeming it “OSA Program”. Should we all just get in line and do what we’re told now?
Fiona O’Leary is an Irish never-in activist for Autistic children. What brought her to the fight against Scientology are the quack and dangerous remedies for autism that they promote. This is what set her in the path of Tony Ortega. I’ll let her take it from here:
Lots of important work by Critics of Scientology is being lost to time. I, for one, refuse to let this one die.
Hypocrisy and fanatic cruelty and abuse go hand in hand with tribalistic thinking. Maybe it’s past time more Exes started examining that in their own tribe.
Sheeple. An actual mathematical formula for them. I’m not kidding. I think Carl Sagan wrote about it once: Ask Neil Degrasse Tyson. It describes a fundamental property of all human groups: not just Scientists and Scientologists. As social animals, human beings set up rules, both tacit and expressed, to coordinate their efforts in pursuit of … Read more
Stephen Jones (Axiom 142) vs George Baillie, a Scientology OT8, meet on the Street in East Grinstead. This is the epic result.
The best, most succinct description of Scientology auditing ever by Dr. John Gordon Clark of Harvard Medical School: “Auditing is a simple, thoroughly designed means, of concentrating the mind to the state of a controlled trance.’ “The aim and result is progressively to enforce loyalty to and identification with Scientology to the detriment of one’s … Read more